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System Requirements
- Platform: Windows Vista / NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP / 95
- Media: CD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
Product Features
- Interactive training system guides you through the art of touch-typing
- Includes 20 levels, covering top line numeric, special characters and the numeric keypad as as the alphabet
- Over 50 typing and speed building exercises
- Learn the correct finger locations on the QWERTY keyboard
- An interactive game helps to reinforce your memory of key finger positions
- Includes sections on audio typing
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Learning to touch type is not the most exciting thing you will ever do. Touch typing is the sort of skill you try to convince yourself you don't need, while a voice at the back of your head keeps telling you otherwise. Just think: all that time you waste correcting typing errors, or searching the keyboard for the letter "j", could be saved up and used for something exciting, such as paragliding. You will be able to type while watching the screen, and people won't be able to laugh at your clumsy two-fingered technique.
Actually, although it may not be able to compete with paragliding for adrenaline-pumping excitement, learning to touch type can actually be quite fun. Focus Essential's Teach Yourself Touch Typing is a charming little package that could have you touch typing within a week. It includes an interactive game that helps to reinforce your memory of finger positions. Simply press the keys as indicated in the on-screen diagram. Not exactly Quake, but it does the job. First, though, you learn the correct finger positions by working through the various training and speed-building modules. On completion of the course, you take a series of tests and print out your own certificate. --Daren King
Manufacturer's Description
Do you sit at your keyboard for more than an hour each day? If so Teach Yourself Touch Typing will make an impact on your productivity, creativity and ability to communicate at all levels. The ability to type at speed is a skill that stays with you for life and in as little as 4 hours (probably 8 half-hour sessions) you will be touch typing on all the letters and common punctuation characters on a QWERTY keyboard.
This carefully constructed course combined with the patience and attentiveness of the computer will make the most of your precious learning time. With Teach Yourself Touch Typing it's like having your own expert tutor but at a fraction of the cost of live tuition.
Whether you're young or old, new to the keyboard or a seasoned two-fingered typist, Teach Yourself Touch Typing can and will work. All you have to do is to make time for regular sessions until you complete the course and then you'll have no need to keep looking at the keyboard.
Using its in-built artificial intelligence, if you are habitually making the same types of errors Teach Yourself Touch Typing will give you the appropriate guidance and custom built exercises to help correct the problem. On completion of the course you have the option to print out your own certificate, verifying the fact that you can touch type.
This carefully constructed course combined with the patience and attentiveness of the computer will make the most of your precious learning time. With Teach Yourself Touch Typing it's like having your own expert tutor but at a fraction of the cost of live tuition.
Whether you're young or old, new to the keyboard or a seasoned two-fingered typist, Teach Yourself Touch Typing can and will work. All you have to do is to make time for regular sessions until you complete the course and then you'll have no need to keep looking at the keyboard.
Using its in-built artificial intelligence, if you are habitually making the same types of errors Teach Yourself Touch Typing will give you the appropriate guidance and custom built exercises to help correct the problem. On completion of the course you have the option to print out your own certificate, verifying the fact that you can touch type.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:CD-ROM
This is not the most elaborate program, it only does one thing: teach you how to type using 10 fingers and without looking at the keyboard. No 3d, no nice graphics, just plain study.
The concept is very simple, first you learn to type two letters, one for each index finger, then four, then more fingers and keys are added. After a while you notice that you can type all the letters of the keyboard, plus numbers, plus special characters, using 10 fingers. There are exercises to build your speed and emphasis is put on typing without mistakes.
You have the option to choose from a variety of English-language keyboards, so if you want to learn like I did, using a laptop where some keys are in odd places, you can do it.
If you are wondering: Yes, I am touch-typing now; no, I never tried it before using this software.
You won't be a fast typist after a couple of hours, speed builds up slowly, but typing is faster and much more fun now.
The concept is very simple, first you learn to type two letters, one for each index finger, then four, then more fingers and keys are added. After a while you notice that you can type all the letters of the keyboard, plus numbers, plus special characters, using 10 fingers. There are exercises to build your speed and emphasis is put on typing without mistakes.
You have the option to choose from a variety of English-language keyboards, so if you want to learn like I did, using a laptop where some keys are in odd places, you can do it.
If you are wondering: Yes, I am touch-typing now; no, I never tried it before using this software.
You won't be a fast typist after a couple of hours, speed builds up slowly, but typing is faster and much more fun now.
87 of 89 people found the following review helpful
Format:CD-ROM
This programme will not run properly with Windows 2000 or XP. You will get the error message experienced by Miss Smith. After installing it, log on to the web site given in the brochure and download a patch. This is very quick and easy to do. It then works perfectly.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:CD-ROM
A marvellous course for those who are a bit slow to learn, which I am due to long-term illness. Helpful exercises are given for one's own specific difficulties. No fancy gimmicks, no pushing to go fast. The accent is on accuracy without looking at the keyboard, speed will come naturally with practice. Assessments after each exercise are honest and helpful (even the suggestion that I should rest and come back when my brain was less tired on one occasion when I was feeling very tired and muddled)!
What a relief after struggling with another fancy, multicolour gimmicky CD for the past year with little success. This feed-back is all typed without looking at the keyboard, at level 8 after a relatively short time.
I look forward to completing this course and trying other CD-ROMs in the series.
What a relief after struggling with another fancy, multicolour gimmicky CD for the past year with little success. This feed-back is all typed without looking at the keyboard, at level 8 after a relatively short time.
I look forward to completing this course and trying other CD-ROMs in the series.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Essential : this program alone taught me to touch type
No fancy gimmicks, just simple exercises that gradually increases the number of characters.
Using only this software I learned to touch type in 2 weeks. Read more
Using only this software I learned to touch type in 2 weeks. Read more
Published 18 months ago by B Smith
OK
Good value for money. Does what it says on the cover.
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Published on 9 Dec 2009 by Gillian M. Skinner
brilliant
my son needs to learn to touch type for the career he has chosen to follow this has it all with easy to follow instructions. would recommend to anyone who wants to learn.
Published on 7 July 2009 by B. Stanley
Touch Typing in no time
Basic package with all the features you need. It's probably not the most exciting package you'll ever buy but it has certainly improved my speed and accuracy in no time. Read more
Published on 18 May 2006 by K. Kirkwood
Brilliant!!!!!!
I have watched fellow colleagues touch-type and I've always thought that they must be super-human!! I thought that I would never be able to do it but I'm doing it right now!! Read more
Published on 5 April 2006 by Chaz
One of the best purchases I have ever made
This programme did exactly what it promised. OK, I'm not amazingly fast yet, but I don't need to look at the keyboard to type this. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2006 by Mr. L. T. Smith
How frustrating!!
This is the most frustrating piece of software I have ever used. I seareched for ages to try and find the right touch typing programme for me, and sadly I was very disappointed. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2006 by Rachel Billings
Amazing Piece of Software!
This is a great and easy-to-use touch typing piece of software, the best I've come across! Very helpful, gives you hints and tips, and only lets you up to the next level when it... Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2005 by "qmc37"
Teaching-you Touch Typing
This is a brilliant way to learn to touch type, it is an excellent programme although if you are looking for something with fun graphics like Mavis Beacon this is the wrong thing... Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2003 by Miss Robinson
Very dissapointed
I was very dissapointed with this product, i bought it wanting to increase my typing speed and when it finally arrived i installed the C. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2002 by Miss S Smith
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